- Graduated from the University of Poitiers in Law in 1616
- After he graduated, Descartes traveled throughout Europe
- Descartes served in the Military and fought in the battle of White Mountain in 1620
- He was required to indulge Queen Christina's interst in Philosophy and held tutorials at 5 a.m
- He met a mathematician while in the Military, his name was Isaac Beeckman
- **After meeting Isaac Beeckman he was lead to analytic geometry**
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